Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

28:51 – You’re only talking about the Latin Mass, are you saying that the Latin Mass is the only worthwhile one?

34:19 – In the penitential rite, are we supposed to make the sign of the cross?

36:30 – Why do you keep your thumb and forefinger together after the consecration?

38:24 – Why do we sit, stand and kneel during mass?

46:31 – Why don’t some parishes ring the bells during the consecration? Is it optional?

50:31 – Is the tabernacle open during the Latin Mass? If so, is that why the priest has his back to the people?

53:10 – What’s the difference between the Latin Mass, New Mass and Byzantine Mass?

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Questions Covered:

28:51 – You’re only talking about the Latin Mass, are you saying that the Latin Mass is the only worthwhile one?

34:19 – In the penitential rite, are we supposed to make the sign of the cross?

36:30 – Why do you keep your thumb and forefinger together after the consecration?

38:24 – Why do we sit, stand and kneel during mass?

46:31 – Why don’t some parishes ring the bells during the consecration? Is it optional?

50:31 – Is the tabernacle open during the Latin Mass? If so, is that why the priest has his back to the people?

53:10 – What’s the difference between the Latin Mass, New Mass and Byzantine Mass?

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Questions Covered;

12:34 – I had an addiction and I surrendered it to the Lord.

21:52 – I’m a huge fan of CIR!

29:15 – I heard the 12 steps don’t have the best success rate. Does CIR have any stats to show for their success rate?

31:47 – In March I’ll be 49 years sober. I can’t consume the host at mass and only take a sip from the chalice. What do you recommend I do?

36:26 – Is Marijuana a gateway drug?

40:55 – My devout Catholic friend is in denial about her alcoholism. How can I approach her to seek help?

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Questions Covered;

12:34 – I had an addiction and I surrendered it to the Lord.

21:52 – I’m a huge fan of CIR!

29:15 – I heard the 12 steps don’t have the best success rate. Does CIR have any stats to show for their success rate?

31:47 – In March I’ll be 49 years sober. I can’t consume the host at mass and only take a sip from the chalice. What do you recommend I do?

36:26 – Is Marijuana a gateway drug?

40:55 – My devout Catholic friend is in denial about her alcoholism. How can I approach her to seek help?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

02:43 – Why didn’t God just open back up the gates of heaven after the Fall? Were Adam and Eve meant to live forever?

13:36 – How can sabbath be symbolic in Genesis if he speaks of it elsewhere as a literal 24 hour period?

21:36 – What’s the Church’s position on boycotting organizations like Disney or Target?

31:04 – What is the nature of the resurrected body of Jesus? He was able to eat but also bilocated and other things

36:08 – Is everything that the Church requires us to believe found in the Catechism?

41:08 – My Lutheran friend says that the Lutherans that the Catholics dialogue with are Satanists. What is the Church’s view on this?

48:53 – I want to become Catholic but I have a hard time letting go of Eastern Orthodoxy. How do I give up the Divine Liturgy when it feels like a step down?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

02:43 – Why didn’t God just open back up the gates of heaven after the Fall? Were Adam and Eve meant to live forever?

13:36 – How can sabbath be symbolic in Genesis if he speaks of it elsewhere as a literal 24 hour period?

21:36 – What’s the Church’s position on boycotting organizations like Disney or Target?

31:04 – What is the nature of the resurrected body of Jesus? He was able to eat but also bilocated and other things

36:08 – Is everything that the Church requires us to believe found in the Catechism?

41:08 – My Lutheran friend says that the Lutherans that the Catholics dialogue with are Satanists. What is the Church’s view on this?

48:53 – I want to become Catholic but I have a hard time letting go of Eastern Orthodoxy. How do I give up the Divine Liturgy when it feels like a step down?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

05:12 – My neighbor is passing away and I think she is Catholic. I don’t know her very well. How would I approach her?

07:45 – Did the stories in the Old Testament actually happen?

15:25 – What Jewish sources are there for Mary and Joseph’s legal betrothal?

20:35 – During Mass when the priest or altar server crosses the altar they look at the altar and bow, shouldn’t they be looking at the tabernacle?

28:44 – Can someone actually sell their souls to the devil? If so, can they get it back?

36:22 – What do Catholics believe about salvation by grace alone vs with works?

46:50 – I’m starting OCIA. How do I respond to the claim that I cannot convert because I was born Jewish and will forever be Jewish?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

05:12 – My neighbor is passing away and I think she is Catholic. I don’t know her very well. How would I approach her?

07:45 – Did the stories in the Old Testament actually happen?

15:25 – What Jewish sources are there for Mary and Joseph’s legal betrothal?

20:35 – During Mass when the priest or altar server crosses the altar they look at the altar and bow, shouldn’t they be looking at the tabernacle?

28:44 – Can someone actually sell their souls to the devil? If so, can they get it back?

36:22 – What do Catholics believe about salvation by grace alone vs with works?

46:50 – I’m starting OCIA. How do I respond to the claim that I cannot convert because I was born Jewish and will forever be Jewish?

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Questions Covered:

05:00 – How do we have free will in heaven and are also prevented from sinning?

11:47 – Can I consume the Eucharist Saturday vigil, and Sunday Morning and Sunday afternoon?

17:32 – Can a person who was in civil marriage that is now divorcing, receive communion?

22:39 – Can the devil be present in a chapel where Jesus is present?

29:16 – Is the Pope metaphorically the bishop of Rome or is he actually in charge of the diocese of Rome?

34:11 Can a child be baptized if only one parent wants them baptized?

43:01 – Why does the eucharistic prayer say “The blood is poured out for many” and not all?

46:57 – Why do we worship on Sundays? Where do we find that?

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Questions Covered:

05:00 – How do we have free will in heaven and are also prevented from sinning?

11:47 – Can I consume the Eucharist Saturday vigil, and Sunday Morning and Sunday afternoon?

17:32 – Can a person who was in civil marriage that is now divorcing, receive communion?

22:39 – Can the devil be present in a chapel where Jesus is present?

29:16 – Is the Pope metaphorically the bishop of Rome or is he actually in charge of the diocese of Rome?

34:11 Can a child be baptized if only one parent wants them baptized?

43:01 – Why does the eucharistic prayer say “The blood is poured out for many” and not all?

46:57 – Why do we worship on Sundays? Where do we find that?

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